Harvard College, 274, 283

Thomas (d. 1719), chosen Speaker
of Representatives, 1689, 24
Oath Rolls, 46 n

Oaths taken by New England officials,
texts of, 6, 11, 25-26, 45-46, 46 n-
48 n, 59

Odes and poems for Forefathers' Day,
335 n, 337, 351 n; See also Davis,
Judge John; Davis, Samuel; Paine,
Robert Treat; Scammell, Alexander;
Seymour, Benjamin

Okey, Col. John, betrayed to death by
Sir G. Downing, 129
Old Brimborion, J. Adams so called,
335 n

Old Colony Club, Plymouth, formation
of, 296-297; votes to celebrate Fore-
fathers' Day, 297; makes error in
New Style date of the day, 297 n;
celebrations held by, 298-305, 385,
390 n; approves having a sermon as
part of the exercises, 303; end of
records of, 305; note on early mem-
bers of, 342 n

Old Colony Day. See Forefathers'
Day

Old Colony Pilgrim Society. See Pil-
grim Society, Plymouth
Old Colony song, 302, 302 n
Old comers, Pilgrims of Plymouth so
called, 363, 364

Old Hundred, authorship of, 330; sung
at Forefathers' Day celebrations,
330, 332 n

counting difference of, for date of
Forefathers' Day, 297 n-298 n
Oldham, John, 325, 325 n, 342 n
Oliver, Lt.-Gov. Andrew, 79, 80, 83,
88 n, 105 n, 107, 108, 110, 231, 231 n;
sworn Secretary, 1758, 1761, 95;
sworn Lieut.-Gov., 1771, 95; death
of, 96, 96 n; appointed Secretary, by
the Lieutenant-Governor, 1756, 104,
104 n;
sworn, 104-105; commis-
sioned by George II, 1758, 105; by
George III, 1761, 105

Andrew (H. C. 1749), son of Lt.-
Gov. Andrew, 231

John, temporary student at Har-
vard College, 275, 283

Nathaniel (d. 1704), 16, 18, 24
Richard, 96 n

Lieut.-Gov. Thomas, 96 n, 107,
108, 110; sworn, 1774, 96, 96 n;
leaves, 1776, 96

Orne, Azor, son of Azor (d. 1796), tem-
porary student at Harvard College,
277, 283

Joshua (d. 1805), son of Azor (d.
1796), temporary student at Harvard
College, 277, 283

Osborne, Capt. John, 102 n

John, Councillor, 79, 80

Sir Thomas, first Earl of Danby,
Marquis of Carmarthen, and Duke
of Leeds, 10, 10 n, 98
Oscar and Malvina, pantomime, 327 n
Osgood, Nathan (d. 1841), temporary

student at Harvard College, 277, 283
Ossianic poems, certain expressions
used in the, 327 n. See also Oscar
and Malvina

Otis, Eliza Henderson (Boardman), wife
of Harrison Gray (d. 1827), marriage
of, 157, 157 n; characterization of, 157

George, temporary student at
Harvard College, 278, 283

Harrison Gray (d. 1848), 157, 157 n
Harrison Gray (d. 1827), son of
Harrison Gray (d. 1848), marriage of,
157, 157 n; comparison of, with his
father, 157

James (d. 1778), 81, 81 n

John (d. 1758), brother of James
(d. 1778), 79, 80

Joshua, temporary student at Har-
vard College, 277, 283
Oxford English Dictionary, 352 n

PERKINS (continued)

Daniel (d. c. 1745), temporary stu-
dent at Harvard College, 276, 283
Peters (Peter), Rev. Hugh, portrait of,
exhibited, 124; Overseer of Harvard
College, 124, 125; minister at Salem,
125-126; his education, writings,
preaching at London, 126; forced to
go to Holland, 126; his catechism,
Milk for Babes, 126, 127; two epistles
of, quoted, 126-128; second edition
of Milk for Babes, 128; his connec-
tion with G. Downing, 129; with the
plan for locating Harvard College at
Marblehead, 210
Petit, Anne. See Piot

Philadelphia, procession held at, in
1788, to celebrate American inde-
pendence and the ratification of the
Federal Constitution, 313 n-314 n

New Theatre, notice of perform-
ances at, 309 n-310 n

Philadelphus, pseudonym, 323

Phipps, Sir Constantine, quoted, 53 n
Phips, Lt.-Gov. Spencer, 74, 75, 76,
88 n, 94 n, 104, 104 n, 107, 108, 110;
Acting-Governor, 1749-1753, 76-77,
94; 1756-1757, 78, 78 n, 94; death of,
78, 78 n, 79; sworn Lieut.-Gov., 1732,
93-94; name changed from Bennet,
93 n-94 n

Gov. Sir William, 35 n, 46, 46 n,
98, 106, 108, 109, 152, 206; commis-
sioned, 44; arrives, 1692, 28, 44;
sworn, 44, 45; his oath, 45-46; com-
plaints against, 47-48; leaves, 48;
death of, 48, 48 n; action of, in
French and Indian war mentioned
in letters of I. Addington, 206, 207
Pickell, John, 192 n
Pickering, Timothy (d. 1829), 334, 335,
340; toast in honor of, 325
Pierce, Daniel (d. 1704), 18

Rev. John (d. 1849), quoted, on
Forefathers' Day odes, 332 n
Pigwacket, Ballad of, 256

112, 251, 254, 256

Philipse, Frederick (d. 1702), Councillor
35, 41, 42 n, 43 n; variations in spell-
ing of his name, 41 n

Phillips, Elizabeth (Ames), wife of
Rev. John, 210, 214, 215

Gillam, 70 n

Rev. John (d. 1660), arrives in
Massachusetts and is called to several
churches, 209-210, 212; sketch of,
210-211; his connection with Salem
and Rowley, 212, 214; settles in
Cambridge, 211-214; removes to
Dedham, 214; returns to England,
215; references to, in contemporary
writings, 215; member of West-
minster Assembly, 215

John (d. 1725), 18, 45, 46, 49;
Councillor, 18, 35, 41; death of, 41 n
Col. John (d. 1768), 83 n

Jonathan (d. 1818), son of Lt.-
Gov. William (d. 1827), temporary
student at Harvard College, 278, 283

Joseph, temporary student at Har-
vard College, 277, 283

Lieut.-Gov. Samuel, 315 n; toast
in honor of, 315

William, temporary student at
Harvard College, 277, 283
Philodemic Society. See Georgetown
College

Councillor, 35, 41; death of, 41 n
Pilgrim Association, Plymouth, 386,
386 n

Pilgrim Fathers, 375, 377, 385 n; paper
on the term, by A. Matthews, 293-
391; history of the term, 295-351;
its first occurrence, 331, 351, 352; its
origin, 352-359; propriety of its ap-
plication, 359-360; its meaning, 360-
372; its extended application, 361,
361 n-362 n, 365-372; efforts to
restrict it to Plymouth settlers, 362-
364; regarded as Puritans by some,
373-376; not so regarded by others,
377-382

Pilgrim Fathers of phonetics, 372 n
Pilgrim Jubilee, Providence, R. I.,
378 n

Pilgrim press, Leyden, 829 n, 384 n
Pilgrim Puritans, the term, 374, 374 n
Pilgrim Society, Concord. See under
Concord

Pilgrim Society, Plymouth, votes to
celebrate Forefathers' Day Decem-
ber 21st, 298 n; erratic practice fol-
lowing this vote, 298 n; suggested
formation of, 1807, 317-318; con-
ducts Forefathers' Day celebrations
at Plymouth, 320-321, 386, 387, 389,
390; particulars of the founding of,
1819-1820, 320 n-321 n; Sargent's

PILGRIM SOCIETY (continued)
Landing of the Pilgrims presented to,
336 n
Pilgrim Trust Company, name objected
to by Puritan Trust Company, 384 n
Pilgrims, 385 n; confusion of the terms
Pilgrims and Puritans, 294-295;
landings of the Pilgrims at Province-
town and Plymouth, 297 n; tributes
to, 305, 306, 312; word Pilgrim not
in J. Davis's ode, 1794, but introduced
between 1835 and 1846, 307 n-308 n;
used by J. Davis, in oration, 1800, 312,
312 n; first used in print, as applied
to settlers of Plymouth, by R. T.
Paine, 1798, 327-328, 352; other
early examples of its use, 327, 328,
329, 330, 332, 335, 339, 344, 345;
probable earlier colloquial use in
Plymouth, 351; derivation and defi-
nitions of the word pilgrim, 352; ap-
plied to emigrants and cattle, 352 n-
354 n; Bible use of, 354-355, 355 n;
pedigree of, as applied to Plymouth
settlers, traceable to the departure
from Leyden, 356-359; propriety of
this use, 359-360; extension of term
to all early Massachusetts colonists,
361; to living persons participating
in Forefathers' Day celebrations,
361 n; list of references illustrating
use of the word as applied to Massa-
chusetts settlers only, or to Massa-
chusetts and Plymouth settlers
jointly, 361 n-362 n; efforts to re-
strict its application to Plymouth
settlers, 362-364; illustrations of its
more general use, 365-372; distinc-
tion between the Pilgrims of Plym-
outh and the Puritans of Massa-
chusetts, 372-382; list of references
to writers who assert that the early
Plymouth settlers were Puritans,
375 n; differences less fundamental
than sometimes urged, 382-383, 392.
See also Puritans

Pilgrims, a fanatical sect, 354 n
Pilgrims, The, a play, given in Boston,
1808, 342 n-344 n

Pilgrims, The, a Dream, 344-345
Pilgrims, The, in Masquerade, song, 345
Pilgrims, The, of Hope, an oratorio, 370n
Pilgrims' Harbor, 366-367; supposed
use of, by the regicides Whalley and
Goffe, 366 n-367 n

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (d. 1825),
326 n

Piot. See Langloiserie

Anne (Petit), wife of Martin, 219 n
Charles Gaspard, son of Martin.
See Langloiserie

Martin, 219 n

Pipon, Ensign John, ordered to give up
the Castle, Boston, 16, 16 n
Pirates, 207 n

Plainfield, Conn., frontier town, 253
Plaisted, Benjamin Brown, temporary

student at Harvard College, 277, 283
Plymouth, invites settlers, 1637, 245;
landing of Pilgrims at, 297 n; Fore-
fathers' Day celebrations in, 295–322,
360-361; toasts in honor of, 310, 333;
scallop-shells associated with the Pil-
grims of, 327 n-328 n; Bradford's
History of, 356; old stock in, 364;
political status of, as compared with
Massachusetts, 382; treatment of
witches and Quakers in, 382-383;
National Monument at, 387 n, 389;
churches of, 386 n, 388 n; bibliog-
raphy of Forefathers' Day discourses
given in, 384-391. See also Old
Colony Club, Pilgrim Association,
Pilgrim Society

Freedom Hall, Forefathers' Day
dinner given in, 314

Old Colony Hall, Forefathers' Day
celebrations held in, 297-299, 301,
304, 314, 315, 316

Standish Guards, 319; standard
presented to, 321

Plymouth Colony, included in Terri-
tory and Dominion of New England,
1686-1688, 7, 8, 28 n; government of,
1686-1692, 29 n

Laws, editions of, 299 n
Plymouth Ode. See Davis, Judge John
Plymouth Rock, building of canopy
over, 327 n

Plymouth Rock, pseudonym, quoted, on
Forefathers' Day celebration, Boston,
1802, 338

Poe, Edgar Allan, 342 n

Elizabeth (Arnold), mother of
Edgar Allan, 342 n

Point Shirley, naming of, 1753, 77 n
Pollock, George, temporary student at
Harvard College, 276, 283
Pope, Edward, temporary student at
Harvard College, 276, 283